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Schlundt was walking outside the house when officers arrived but ran back inside when he saw them, Niekamp said. The officers called to him from the corner of the house and tried calling his cellphone, he said.

Hurst firefighters put out the blaze, which did not spread, police said.

“The entire roof of the house is gone and has extremely heavy smoke damage, so it is definitely not habitable,” Niekamp said.

The woman had been renting the house for about three months, he said. She didn’t need to go to a hospital, and the department’s victim assistance coordinator is working with her to get resettled, Niekamp said.